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Large banks pushed on transition loans
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 29/05/2024
» The Bank of Thailand has encouraged large commercial banks to offer transition finance to assist local businesses in moving from carbon-intensive industries to more sustainable practices.
UOB Thailand and Thammasat enhance banker skills
Published on 28/05/2024
» UOB Thailand has entered into a strategic partnership with Thammasat Business School (TBS) to enhance its Banker’s Executive Certification Programme. This collaboration aims to equip UOB’s bankers with advanced financial knowledge and essential skills, enabling them to better support the evolving needs of small business clients.
An alternative path to growth
Business, Published on 27/05/2024
» Newly appointed Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira is taking a less hostile stance towards the Bank of Thailand than the premier, aiming to better coordinate fiscal and monetary policies.
Green push needs united approach
News, Published on 20/05/2024
» Bridging the divide between agriculture and forestry is imperative for climate action. The global and national race is on to steeply reduce emissions over the next six years. According to the watershed Global Stocktake report, released ahead of COP28 in Dubai, we face the daunting task of reducing emissions by 43% by 2030 to retain the possibility of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century, and 27% to stabilise at a 2-degree temperature increase. Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, we have managed only to be on track for a 2% reduction in emissions against 2019 baselines. Each subsequent year, we collectively feel the impacts of a hotter, more volatile climate as new records are set for temperature and natural disasters.
BAM eager to keep lead in distressed assets sector
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/05/2024
» Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM), Thailand's largest asset management company, set an ambitious goal for bad asset management over the next few years in a bid to address the burden of distressed debts within the banking industry.
True Digital Park banking on climate tech
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/05/2024
» True Digital Park, the largest tech and startup hub in Asean, continues its mission of accelerating innovation in climate tech towards Thailand's net-zero goal through fostering the growth of climate tech startups via collaborations with its partner network.
CGSI targets top 3 brokerage spot
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/05/2024
» CGS International (CGSI), China's second-largest securities firm, wants to be among the top three securities companies in Thailand by 2030, expanding its offerings and teaming up with local and regional partners.
‘Buy now, pay later’ abuse under scrutiny
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/05/2024
» The National Credit Bureau (NCB) is calling on providers of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to improve risk controls to prevent misuse of the system to create informal loans.
Reshuffle cements Srettha's grip
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/05/2024
» After eight months at the helm, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin staged a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle with unexpected drama and unsurprising consolidation. As head of a coalition government, Mr Srettha appears more "prime ministerial" as the reshuffle has strengthened his hand to implement the ruling Pheu Thai Party's flagship policies.
The winner-take-all economy is ruining art, too
News, Published on 06/05/2024
» I was on the whole disappointed by this year's Whitney Biennial -- it was hard for me to tell if one video installation was art or an HR training video -- but as an economist, I have to admit the exhibition was successful in at least one respect: It did what art is supposed to do, which is to hold up a mirror to our society and economy. And this year's biennial shows how America's elite institutions are stifling innovation and creativity.